Shen Yuyu followed Mr. Mo to a rather impressive courtyard in the east of Yanggu County and stopped outside. Mr. Mo stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" The person who opened the door was a woman in her twenties with heavy makeup, wearing silk and satin and gold and silver jewelry, looking like a nouveau riche.
Do you know who this person is? It is Song Zuorong's concubine in the capital, Du Juan, the kiln sister who took away Shen Zuorong's last possessions.
Shen Yue had met her once, when they were in the capital to watch the ice lanterns in the south of the city. When Shen Yue and Ji Xun went to Penglai Restaurant for dinner, they saw Shen Zuorong inviting a woman into the casino. That woman was Du Juan.
It's just that I didn't see her face at that time, and I didn't recognize her at all now.
Du Juan didn't know Shen Yuyu either, and her face darkened when she saw Mr. Mo standing outside.
"Hey? Are you here to find my husband? Sorry, my husband is not here." As he spoke, he looked at Shen Yuxi with disdain.
Shen Yuyu was dressed in men's clothing and Du Juan naturally didn't recognize her. The moment she looked at Shen Yuyu, her eyes lit up and she lamented how there could be such a handsome man in this world, so beautiful that even a woman like her was jealous.
"Not at home? How could you not be at home every day? Every time I come back to see her, she always says this, get out of the way and let me in." Mrs. Mo was so angry that she was about to rush in.
Du Juan hurriedly took his eyes away from Shen Yuyu and pushed Mr. Mo out, "What? Are you still trying to break into a house by force? Is there any way to do it?"
Mrs. Mo said angrily, "Breaking into a house? I bought this house for my daughter, and now I don't even have the qualifications to go in?"
"Then there is no way. Who told your daughter to be shameless and run away with a wild man?" Dujuan folded his arms and looked sarcastic.
"Who said my daughter ran away with someone? She must have been killed by Huang Xiucai, a white-eyed wolf." Mrs. Mo was trembling with anger at these words.
Cunjuan pushed Mo again and said fiercely, "The county master has already sentenced you, but you still dare to talk nonsense and ruin my reputation? Be careful, I will ask someone to smash your mouth."
Mo was pushed by her and staggered a few steps, almost falling down. Shen Yue quickly supported her from behind.
"Xiao Lang Hoo is shameless and ran away with someone. You are a shameless old man who still comes to harass my master every day. Get out of here." Du Juan said and slammed the door.
Mrs. Mo was so angry that she rolled her eyes and almost fainted.
"Aunt Mo, you go back first." Shen Yuyu helped Mo onto the carriage, "Leave this matter to me to investigate slowly. By the way, don't reveal my identity yet.
After sending Mr. Mo away, Shen Yue and Shadow came to the door of Huang Xiucai's house again.
Shen Yuyu took a serious look at the house at this time. There were two stone lions on both sides of the gate. A tall plaque read "Huang Xiucai Mansion" in four large gilt characters. It was impressive and high-profile. It seemed that the scholar was so great. People are curious about what kind of person this Huang Xiucai is.
"Go and visit the surrounding area." Shen Yue said to Shadow.
"Okay." Shadow nodded.
Soon, Shen Yuyu and Shadow walked around the neighbors and got a general understanding of the missing Miss Gao.
Everyone has a good impression of Miss Gao, saying that she is well-educated, polite, quiet and delicate, and not at all like the kind of romantic person who would elope with others.
Knowing Miss Gao's character, I was pretty sure that she would not run away with anyone, so there was only one possibility for her disappearance, that is, she was murdered.
When the wife disappeared, her husband was the first suspect, so we had to start with Huang Xiucai.
However, Huang Xiucai avoided seeing him and could not even meet him. This problem must be solved first.
"Master, why don't you let me climb over the wall and go in to see if he is at home?" Shadow said.
"No need." Shen Yuyu shook his head, "I want to investigate this person carefully."
It was almost evening when they left Huang Xiucai's Mansion. They first found an inn to stay, and then went to the lobby to have dinner.
At the time of meal, the lobby was quite lively. Shen Yuyu and Shadow ordered a few dishes and ate slowly.
The guests at every table were chatting, and some were talking about Governor Lu's attempt to burn down Shenjia Village at night and murder the Night King and Night Princess.
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and felt unfair for the Night King and the Night Princess.
Shen Yuyu listened for a while and smiled with satisfaction.
Halfway through the meal, some men at the table next to me were half drunk and started talking in a daze.
"If we want to say who is the big winner in Yanggu County, it must be Huang Xiucai. After more than a year of marriage, his wife followed him and ran away, and all the huge family property fell into his hands."
"No, he was a refugee from other places, and now he has become a big boss. How can he not be a winner in life?"
A polite man at the same table sneered disdainfully, "What kind of bullshit scholar, who knows how he got into the exam, how did he get married in the Peony Building that day? He couldn't even say a word, haha~~
Some people also explained, "He doesn't care about it anymore. If I had money, I wouldn't want to be a bad scholar, hahaha."
"Let's go to the Peony Building." After finishing the meal, Shen Yue greeted Shadow, and the two of them went to the Peony Building.
Peony House is a famous brothel in Yanggu. As soon as Shen Yuyu and Yingying appeared at the gate, they were pulled in by two gorgeous girls.
The building is filled with fragrance, silk and bamboo are filling the ears, and several girls in cool clothes are dancing gracefully on the stage.
It was also a coincidence that as soon as Shen Yue and Ying came in, they encountered someone having a dispute over there. The mother of the brothel was trying to persuade Huang Xiucai.
Shen Yuyu hurriedly sent away the girl who was pestering them, ordered a table of food and a bottle of wine, and silently observed Huang Xiucai.
Huang Xiucai was a tall man with a rugged appearance. He was over 1.8 meters tall and had a ferocious look when he quarreled with others. He looked nothing like a scholar who had no power to restrain a chicken.
Huang Xiucai was so noisy that he punched another prostitute in the eye, smashing his eyeballs on the spot and bleeding profusely.
There was chaos in the building. The mother of the brothel was frightened and rushed to call the doctor. At the same time, she also sent people to report to the official.
Soon the doctor came and bandaged the injured prostitute's wound.
This prostitute was not an ordinary person, he was also rich and powerful. He immediately called the servants to surround Huang Xiucai.
At this time, Magistrate Lei of Yanggu County came in and without saying a word tied up the injured client and his servants and escorted them out of the brothel.
"Is Mr. Huang okay?" County Magistrate Lei looked very familiar with Huang Xiucai and asked with concern, "Did they hurt you?"
"Of course it hurt me." Huang Xiucai raised his clenched hand. The back of his hand was scratched and bleeding when he hit someone with too much force. "See there is no Magistrate Lei? My hand was almost broken by him." , I will never let him go without a few thousand taels of medical expenses, and I will go to the Yamen to sue him."
"Then the county magistrate makes the decision for the people, so he went to court overnight." As they said this, the two of them left.
After reading this, Shen Yue was also shocked by what they did.
Although the prostitute was probably not a good person, and it was said that dog bites dog, it was surprising that Magistrate Lei was so biased towards Huang Xiucai.
